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New England Digs Out From Crippling Winter Storm

BOSTON -- Much of New England continued to dig out from under more than 2 feet of snow and children in hundreds of communities enjoyed a second day off from school Thursday as power companies worked to restore energy to homes and businesses darkened by the region's third snowstorm in three weeks. The winter storm that...

Obama Urges Democrats to Not Get Discouraged

BOSTON (Oct. 16) -- With the congressional elections fast approaching, President Barack Obama acknowledged Saturday that the hope and energy he stirred during his presidential campaign may have faded in the face of a grinding economic crisis. "We're doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of actually delivering...

Court Fight Looms With Talk of Stevens' Departure

(March 17) -- President Barack Obama and Chief Justice John Roberts have been sniping at each other like in-laws with an ax to grind. And now they're potentially on the verge of a major family occasion fraught with tension. Justice John Paul Stevens turns 90 next month and is expected to announce soon whether he will...

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Massachusetts Backs Off School Bake Sale Ban

Cupcakes, brownies and other baked goodies will be spared the chopping block at Massachusetts schools after Gov. Deval Patrick backed down from planned regulations to prohibit the sale of the treats at bake sales during school hours.

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05/26/12 Mass. Senate passes version of budget Source: The Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield MA Mass achusetts senators passed their version a $32.4 billion state budget Friday that would spare a psychiatric hospital from closure, setting the stage for negotiations with the House of Rep resentatives on a final spending plan.
05/26/12 NRC approves 20-year renewal of Pilgrim nuke plant Source: The Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield MA The Nuclear Regulatory Comm ission approved the renewal of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station's operating license for another 20 years, the agency announced Friday, despite objections from Gov. Deval Patrick and other Mass achusetts officials.
05/25/12 Our View: Food for thought Source: The Standard-Times - New Bedford MA There is little debate about the fact that Americans are getting larger.
05/25/12 Mass. Senate Votes To Keep Taunton State Hospital Open Source: CBS - WBZ-TV - Boston MA Massachusetts senators voted on Thursday to give a reprieve to a psychiatric hospital that Gov. Deval Patrick had planned to close as they made progress toward voting on the Senate's nearly $32.3 billion budget proposal.
05/25/12 Flags honor fallen heroes Source: Boston Mommy A sea of red, white and blue decorates the grounds of Boston Common after volunteers, politicians, military families and families of 9/11 victims planted 33,000 flags to honor fallen service members from Massachusetts dating to the Civil War. Gov. Deval Patrick , Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Attorney General Martha Coakley were on hand yesterday as the final flags were planted and the names of 159 military heroes who were killed during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars were read aloud.

Background on Deval Patrick

Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is the 71st and current Governor of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, Patrick served as an Assistant United States Attorney General under President Bill Clinton.

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